Initially, the Southeastern Conference took a lot of heat because it would not cancel the SEC Tournament. The plan was for the games to take place Thursday, beginning with Tennessee basketball facing the Alabama Crimson Tide, with no fans in attendance.
Then, barely over an hour before it was set to tip off, the league reversed course and went ahead and cancelled the rest of the tournament due to COVID-19. The SEC, AAC and Big Ten all made the decision to cancel their tournaments on Thursday, and the ACC eventually followed suit.
What was behind the league changing its mind?